Improved means for the protection of the anchor-cables of iron-clad vessels



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICEo x IsAAO NEWTON, or nEw Youn, n. Y.

llllPliOVED MEANS FOR THE PRDTECTION 0F THE ANCHOR-CABLES OF IRON-CLAD VESSELS.

Specltlcation forming part of Letters Patent N0. 4 l.530, dated February 9, 1864; antedated January 1l, 1864.

To @ZZ whom, t may concern:

Be it known that I, IsAAc NEWTON, ofthe city, county, and State ol' New York, have invented a new and Improved Mode ol' Protecting the AnchorCables in Iron-Clad Vessels, and l do hereby declarethat the following is a full, clear, and exact description ot' the saine, re'l erence being had. to the accompanying drawings, forming part 0f this specification, in which lligure l is a plan of a portion of the deck and one side ot' the bow of a vessel of the monitor77 class, illustrating my invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical section in the line a a' ot'Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a vertical section in the line y 1/ of Fig. l. Fig. 4L is a transverse sec tion ot' the protectinghood and a portion oi' the deck to which it is attached.

Similar letters of reference indicate corre` sponding parts in the severalgures.

Circumstances may Olten arise when it is absolutely necessary for an iron-clad vessel to anchor under an eneniys lire, and in such case it is of course essential that the cable to which the anchor is attached should be protected from shot. This protection is now obtained in the iron-clads of the monitor class already built by an anchor-well; but that device is incompatible with the rate of speed now required for ironclads.

My invention consists in constructing a hawse-hole in the armorslieli" or through the wooden backing placed behind the iron armor in such manner that it emerges below the wa ter-line. f

It also consists in protecting the cable between the point where it comes out of the upper end of the hawse-hole behind the armor and the place where it passes below the deck to the anchor-hoisting apparatus by means of an iron hood securely fastened to the deck. This latter protection is only required when the upper end of the hawse-hole is above the deck of the vessel.

To enable others skilled in the art to apply iny invention, I will proceed to describe it with reference to the drawings.

A is the hull of thevessel, B the deck, and

'cable to pass in the most advantageous man E is the hatchway or opening through which the cable passes troni the deck lo the hoisting apparatus below, and e is a channel .formed in the upper surface of the deck, oelween the said opening E and the upper opening ol' the hawsehole, ior the passage ol" the cable. This channel is lined with iron.

F is the hood lor protecting the portion of the cable between the opening E and the hawse'hole, made ot' wroughtviron, with tlanges through which it is bolted or otherwise secured to the deck, and made in sections which are movable when the vessel is not underfire.

G is an iron chock or chalingpiece, secured to the edge of the armor-shell" in such position relatively to the channel F that the cable niay pass over it when the vessel is not under lire, instead of through the hawse-hole, the said chock or chatting-piece being to prevent abrasion of the side of the vessel when the cable passes over the exterior.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. Constructing or arranging the hawse-hole ol" an iron-clad vessel within the armor-shell', or behind the armor and within the wooden backing thereof, in such manner that it emerges below the water-line, substantially as herein specilied.

2. The iron l1oodF,for protecting the cable where it passes over the deck between the upper end of the hawse-hole, the place where it passes through the deck to and from a hoisting apparatus below the deck, substantially as herein specified.

isAAo 'NEWTON Vitnesses:

Trios. S. J. DoUGLAs, GEO. W. 

